Oh snap!

More infos coming soon...

Mid of May was my cousins 10th birthday. And what do you get a 10 year old girl? Right, the "Hello Kitty" package. Oh snap!

Birthdays in Bangladesh are similar and somehow not similar to the ones in Germany. Kids wear partyheads, burst ballons, play and unwrap gifts. Similar, the family sings "Happy Birthday". Not so similar, it sounds like "Happy Bart-Day". I enjoyed it, since we had four different types of dessert: ice cream, cake, egg pudding and shemai, a Bangladeshi dessert.

Po, Laa-Laa, Tinky Winky & Dipsy

Cake!

Art, who goes there?

My uncle took me, auntie and Jarrar to a "Clay Art Exhibition" on the weekend. I can recommend anyone to visit Drik Gallery in Dhanmondi, to visit any of the exhibitions they have going on. To give you some impressions, I took some pictures with my crappy mobile phone - obviously I forgot to take my big camera along.

Bangladesh 101

Mama: Uncle (mother's brother)

Mami: Aunty (mother's brother's wife)

Dada: Not baby language, but grandfather (father's father)

Nana: Not baby language, but grandfather (mother's father)

Gusto: Not Italian for "flavor" or "taste", but Bangla for "meat"

Corolla: Bitter melon or bitter gourd; a vegetable obviously bitter and (to me) not tasty at all

Toyota Corolla: A vehicle commonly seen on Bangladeshi streets; not bitter

"Tumi sao": Bangladeshi expression meaning "You go ahead"; misunderstood in German as "dumme Sau"

Hotel: In Bangla used to refer to a place to stay the night, but also to a place to eat [Why don't they just say restaurant?]

Riba: According to my cousin Mamun, the Bangladeshi expression for "river"

Modern Talking: In Germany referred to as a bad example for "Music Made In Germany", in Bangladesh referred to as a good example for "Music Made In Germany"

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